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Tier 1 · ZIP 30310

West End & Adair Park

Historic Black Atlanta, BeltLine-fed, brewery row, bungalow-dense

Tier 1
3BR range
$1,800–$2,540
houses / townhomes
2BR range
$1,195–$2,100
mix of houses + apartments
Walk Score
91
Transit 67 · Bike 66
To Cabbagetown
12 min
drive, per route geometry
Map of West End & Adair Park
Centered at 33.7386, -84.4180. © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap.

Summary

West End is one of Atlanta’s oldest neighborhoods. It predates the Civil War, sits on the National Register, and got the very first completed mile of the BeltLine back in 2008. Adair Park is right south across Murphy Crossing, a smaller protected historic district of Craftsman bungalows laid out in 1910 around a pair of greenspaces. Treat them as one pocket and you’ve got a walkable, transit-anchored chunk of southwest intown that’s spent the last five years stacking up real food and drink density. Lee + White’s brewery row, a Michelin-listed soul food legend, and a growing coffee and sandwich scene.

This is a realistic landing zone if you’re coming from Lithia Springs and want an actual neighborhood instead of a stroad. Walk Scores hit 80s and 90s near the commercial spine, MARTA rail is right there, the BeltLine connects directly, and 3BR houses still come in under $2,500. It’s closer to Cabbagetown, Grant Park, and Chosewood Park than any suburb at this price point. One thing to be honest about: gentrification pressure is real here. Rents are climbing, longtime Black residents are being displaced, and anyone moving in should know they’re stepping into a neighborhood in active transition.

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Grocery & transit anchors

Amenities

  1. West End MARTA Station (transit, 680 Lee St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310). Red/Gold line heavy-rail hub; primary commute and airport connection for the whole neighborhood.
  2. Kroger (MLK / Cascade) (grocery, 590 Cascade Ave SW, Atlanta, GA 30310). Full-service grocery anchoring the West End retail strip, open 6am to 11pm.
  3. The Busy Bee Cafe (restaurant, 810 Martin Luther King Jr Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30314). Soul-food institution open since 1947, James Beard America’s Classics and Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition.
  4. Tassili’s Raw Reality Café (restaurant, 1059 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30310). Raw vegan spot famous for hempseed wraps; anchors the RDA commercial strip.
  5. Portrait Coffee (coffee, 1065 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW, Atlanta, GA 30310). Black-owned specialty roaster’s flagship cafe, in the historic Lottie Watkins Building.
  6. Wild Heaven Beer West End Brewery & Gardens (brewery, 1010 White St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310). BeltLine-adjacent taproom with gardens, The Garden Club live music venue, and now the relaunched EATS kitchen inside.
  7. EATS at Wild Heaven (restaurant, 1010 White St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310). Iconic jerk-chicken-and-pasta spot reopened March 20, 2026 inside Wild Heaven after leaving its longtime Ponce home.
  8. Monday Night Brewing, The Garage (brewery, 933 Lee St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310). 22,000 sq ft brewery and event space anchoring the north end of Lee + White.
  9. El Tesoro (West End) (restaurant, 1036 White St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310). Tacos and mulitas; expanded in 2026 into an 8,600 sq ft standalone at Lee + White.
  10. Dough Boy Pizza x Harlem Hops (restaurant/bar, 1020 White St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310). Pizza-plus-craft-beer mashup inside the Lee + White Food Hall.
  11. Good Azz Burgerz (restaurant, 1020 White St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310). Chef Carroll’s smash-burger counter in the Lee + White Food Hall.
  12. Hop City Craft Beer and Wine (bottle shop, 1000 White St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310). Beer and wine bottle shop; next door to ASW Distillery.
  13. ASW Whiskey Exchange (distillery, 1000 White St SW, Ste A, Atlanta, GA 30310). Working distillery and tasting room at Lee + White.
  14. Sammy’s (restaurant/coffee, 565 Northside Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30310). Chef-driven breakfast and lunch sandwiches plus specialty coffee inside the Abrams Fixtures development in Adair Park; same team opening Broad Street BBQ in South Downtown.
  15. Rose Circle Park (park, 900 Rose Cir SW, Atlanta, GA 30310). Linear greenspace along White Street with basketball court and playground, a block north of the Westside Trail.
  16. Gordon-White Park (park, ~White St SW at BeltLine, Atlanta, GA 30310). The BeltLine’s first park, opened 2008; western terminus of the original Westside Trail segment.
  17. Adair Park I & II (park, Gillette Ave & Catherine St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310). Paired greenspaces that give the neighborhood its name; playgrounds, picnic areas, direct BeltLine access.
  18. BeltLine Westside Trail (trail, runs through West End & Adair Park). 3-mile paved trail opened 2017; connects to the broader BeltLine loop and fronts Lee + White.

Listings snapshot (2026-04-14)

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